I will start by admitting that I am sorry I am talking about Twitler World. Throughout the campaign, I said, repeatedly – so many times that I’m sure people rolled their eyes and shook their heads – that Trump was not the problem. And that I believed it was unwise to keep talking as though he was. Republican voters are the biggest problem we have. Without them, none of those irresponsible, toxic Republicans in office would be there. Without those politicians (including Trump) those voters would still be the same ignorant, dangerous people they are. Democrats need to learn to focus on a core issue like this, and stop chasing every distraction and personality they toss in our way.

The way I see it, Trump is a placeholder and puppet. We are spinning wheels again, talking only about how horrid he is and how we will be better off if he is impeached, or chokes on a hairball, or pisses off one of his 2nd Amendment supporters. Then we get Pence, and they still have ALL THE POWER and not a single scruple. And we have already let the world see that nearly half of the voters voted for Trump and the majority of voters who did not didn’t do anything to stop him from taking office. Don’t even bother trying to tell me that wasn’t possible because I am only insulted when people do that. If only the extra three million who voted for Hillary had taken to the streets between fake Election Day and Electoral College election day, it might have made a difference. If every single one of the people who voted for her had taken to the streets, not gone to work, not spent a penny, I am certain it would have made a difference. But, for some weird reason, people don’t want to act until it’s too late. (I really am going to come back and talk about people who love to protest and think getting fake or forced arrested makes them special even though the never accomplish anything. One day soon.)

Well, it’s too late. I already started my Twitler Diary and will keep it up until I have to change it my Theo Pence Rants (short for theocracy, what did you think). Trump was busy signing shit today. We pay him a lot to sign pages that Republicans have had ready for whichever puppet made it in. Gotta go off topic here and ask if everyone was as surprised as I was that Rubio didn’t get it? They seem to go with the handsome one, since they stopped pretending that brains matter. I was shocked because I can’t imagine a single person on earth thinking Trump is handsome, or that he would be fun to have a beer with. I’m sure I’m wrong, though. Please, just humor me and, anywhere you see me type Trump, read it as REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS, empowered by Republican and emoprog voters. That’s too much to type every time.

Here’s what happened so far today. Seriously, be afraid. Be very afraid. Look for a new country to live in because this is not the one you signed up for anymore. Not even close.

*Trump (don’t forget, REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS, empowered by Republican and emoprog voters) were only kidding when they pretended they were all about transparency. They only said that that stuff so you’d make Hillary release every recipe, wedding detail, and joke she heard. Suckers! None of it was even worth reading. And now you get this: Employees at several federal agencies are being told they are no longer allowed to post public information to the public. Bans on communications outside their departments are being instituted at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and even the National Park Service are being reported. Get that? Public information to the public? If you are one of the few people sitting there with a confused look on your face, that is a BFD. Seriously. Read all about it here.

*I almost wrote this headline off as hyperbole and scrolled past without clicking. I’m not a fan of Huffington Post, especially blogs about things I’m not seeing anywhere else. Glad I didn’t, though. I haven’t found anything more yet (it was a busy day and I got a bit dizzy just watching my country fall apart before my eyes) but think this is another BFD if it turns out to be real. It doesn’t have Trump’s slimy fingerprints on it but the buck stops with him (hahaha) and this comes from his REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS, empowered by Republican and emoprog voters so he owns it. And, from what I hear, it might be the only thing he does own outright. Headline: The Most Dangerous Bill You’ve Never Heard Of Just Passed The House. Read it. Let me know if you heard about it before it passed the House. The first one-sentence paragraph (Gather friends might giggle with me here) supports my second paragraph. If we hadn’t been distracted by Trump (okay, he stands alone on tweets) and nonsense, might we have known about this? I really don’t know.

Last, week, under the cover of a media bliss-out except among Koch funded right-wing channels, the House of Representatives passed a bill which would effectively repeal future standard setting under every important environmental, public health, consumer protection, labor standards, occupational safety and civil rights law on the books.

*Sanders and his should be ecstatic to know that they helped put Trump in office so he could deliver KEYSTONE XL AND DAKOTA ACCESS oil pipelines. That’ll teach the DNC! What a hell of a protest vote that was. By Executive Order (fucking hypocrites). Who’s keeping count? Has he passed President Obama’s eight-year in four days? Feels like he must be getting close.

*Trump decided to keep Comey on as FBI Director. Pay to play? Earned his place in the most corrupt administration ever? Test?

* Kellyanne Conway, one of his media mouthpieces, decided this weekend to call their lies, “alternative facts.” Social media had a good time mocking her and creating alternative facts but this should scare everyone.

*Trump continues to attack media and Saturday Night Live. Dangerous signs unless you are a Putin supporter, I guess.

*Following Trump’s lead at his first press conference, his WH spokesman also takes no questions from press. Dangerous sign.

*Trump wants out of UN

*Trump letting TPP die – only it will live on without the United States. I consider this the assisted suicide unions asked for when they teamed up with Sanders to smear President Obama and TPP and helped put Trump in office. Consequently (connecting dots) they also helped Republicans down ticket and got a few more Right to Work [sic] states.*White House website scrubbed of LGBT, climate change, healthcare and civil rights mentions

--This is not really about Trump. I have said all along and stand by my opinion that Trump is not our biggest problem. Republican and emoprog voters who put him and other Republicans in office are the bigger problem. Without them, Trump would still be a bankrupt fool with no power. Without him, they would still be the most ignorant and dangerous people on earth, gleeful about hurting people.

The Women’s March On Friday, the day after Trump’s relatively ignored inauguration (empty seats, boycotted in person and on television), women worldwide marched in protest. Exact numbers, obviously, are not available but experts estimate that in Washington, D. C. alone, the march on Saturday drew three times as many people as did the inauguration on Friday. There were 673 (known) marches worldwide, with an estimated 4.75 million people in attendance with many more there in spirit and supporting them from home or work. (And not a single arrest)

It’s safe to say that a huge (to use his word) number of people worldwide are not happy that Trump is in office.

But, Trump bragged that more people attended his inauguration than any other. Which is a lie, of course. Here are side-by-side, air shots INSERT PHOTO comparing his and President Obama’s first inauguration. The one with empty space is Trump’s. His lie would be laughable if his supporters rejected it. They don’t, though, they share his lies. I watched the march (many great speakers and moments) on television. If I had to pick a favorite speaker, my choice would be Ashley Judd. Her poem spoke directly to the misogyny that I experienced during this election cycle. I will include the video of that speech as well as a link to her TED on internet bullying of women. I enjoyed many other speakers.

I cheered at times and cried a couple of times – Trayvon’s mother shouting, “Say his name,” made my heart fall out. After that group of people went through their ‘say his/her name’, I shed a few tears for Hillary, too, because, even though I know her name didn’t belong in that segment of the program, I think the entire thing should have been SAY HER NAME. When I expressed my disappointment before the rally, that she was not mentioned, someone told me the march ‘wasn’t about her’. My response is that it would never have happened if not FOR her. (I wasn’t the only one disappointed that Hillary was ignored. Shameful.

That, and the fact that organizers allowed Moore and Sanders—who are not women, are not champions of women, and who helped Trump win over a qualified woman who had three million more votes than him—had no place there. They added the bitter to the bitter-sweet experience the march became for me. I muted Michael Moore and, fortunately, didn’t see Sanders because my television might not have survived it if I had.

After a day of reflection and watching social media, that bitterness increased and my pre-march reservations felt confirmed and turned into a bit of dread. My experience (years of it, inside, personal, which I will document later) warned me. The whole thing screamed of Sanders/MoveOn either organization or infiltration. Both are known for infiltrating and co-opting and I was certain that if I was correct, the march would be used to hurt Hillary and the Democratic Party. It's no secret that Sanders/MoveOn are working with tea party to destroy both parties from within and we see how well that is working for Republicans. My dread is rational because I have had to work around emoprogs (people who react emotionally without thinking or caring about facts, pragmatism, or decency).

My big fear: if we must remain vigilant about fighting the people who have infiltrated the party to destroy it from within (our very own tea party) AND fight the Trump lies and destruction, it’s going to be exhausting, frustrating, and confusing. And, I saw throughout this election cycle many people who professed to support the party and Hillary sharing all of our very own tea party’s propaganda, daily, hourly (MoveOn and their offshoots, Other 98%, Occupy Democrats, usuncut).And, if they helped organize this march and have the mailing list, there will be even more people sharing their anti-Democratic Party propaganda.

That call to text ‘here’ so they can get a final count? Pure manipulation. They can’t get a final count from you texting. Anyone can text the word ‘here’ whether or not they participated, or not text if they were there. It’s as accurate as an internet petition, where people can vote fifteen times from each of their trolling accounts. It’s so they can have your cell number and message propaganda to you. And if Sanders is involved, you can be certain there will be anti-Democratic Party propaganda, anti anyone that he thinks is a more viable candidate than he for 2020, and outright lies, just like he did for two years before crashing the party’s primary race. And if this past election cycle was any indication, about 80% (my estimation from watching my social media friends) of the people on that mailing list will share that shit without thinking twice.

The more disappointing and long-term bitterness for me came from the big questions: Where were these people when tapes of Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women were released, after he had already been accused of raping a child? That didn’t ignite women to burn up the streets? How about when Comey interfered in our election to purposely harm the qualified female candidate in favor of the admitted sexual assaulter who bullied her for months? That wasn’t enough, either? Where were they when it was discovered that 50 Trump electors had been illegally seated and why weren’t they in the streets then? When the recounts were stopped even though sign-ins and vote totals didn’t match? Why weren’t they in the streets then? When it was confirmed that Russia was involved?

Why weren’t they flooding the streets BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE? It all fit that long version of the Sanders pledge too comfortably to suit me. That pledge stated that they knew they were most likely handing this election to Republicans and were okay with it because they “needed to teach Democrats a lesson,”But, it was sweet to see so many people get involved, even if it was too late. And I hope, truly hope with all my broken heart, that those people will stay involved every single day. We need them all to make calls, write letters, tweet, clean up false information, and VOTE every Republican out of every office.

That brings me to PRO.in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.a proponent of an issue; a person who upholds the affirmative in a debate.an argument, consideration, vote, etc., for something

Wouldn’t real PROgressives have been active before instead of protesting after? To me, a protest is an admission of failure. We failed to stop Trump so now we must (or, get to, as it often seems to me) protest.Those people I said I had to work around during my years of organizing? It became clear – very clear – after a while that they enjoyed being angry. I had to argue, many times, that it was better to have a rally to bring people together to work for what we want instead of having a protest to shout about what we didn’t like. That angered one man enough that he banged the table and threatened me and I had to ask him to leave the meeting. More on this later with details.

When Trump said he wanted to hear from us, he didn’t really mean that. He has closed the White House Comments line. Yep, that same line most of us have been calling for decades. Closed. Go ahead, give it a try. I didn’t want to believe it either so I called. (202) 456-1111 I refuse to remove it from my phone, though.

It’s obvious, even to people who are not politically savvy, that Trump nominated the absolute worst possible people for cabinet positions. The hearings have been some of the most depressing things I have witnessed and I watched the entire Clarence Thomas mess, Oliver North’s weeks of hearings, the Clinton Impeachment, Nixon’s mess . . . To think that anyone, much less a bunch of someones, could think any of these people are qualified is depressing. The worst of the worst, though, are Sessions, Tillerson, and DeVos. So, get busy sending letters and calling your Senators. Fat lot of good it is going to do, though, since Russia has blackmail power over them. Still, do it so you can say you did when your grandchildren as why you didn’t do something to save this country.

CREWS going after Trump with lawsuit for violating the Constitution. Is it too much to hope someone gets him for treason, too? I hope not because that’s my dream. That would free us and Melania. Unless she helped him.

Trump issued an executive order freezing federal hiring. Cause, you know, Republicans don’t approve of Executive Orders. Fucking hypocrites. He’s busy undoing all of President Obama’s Executive Orders because, you know, Republicans don’t approve of Executive Orders. Fucking hypocrites. Guess this means all that work will go to private contractors and surely the Cheneys will get a little richer, huh? You know what would make that a little more palatable? If they paid their fair share of taxes.

Trump had an awkward meeting with the CIA on Saturday. I didn’t listen because I will never purposely see or hear him again. Anything I need to know, I will read later. People who did listen reported being disappointed – some flabbergasted – that people in the room were clapping and cheering. Turns out, CBS Confirms Trump Brought His Own Studio Audience To Clap For Him At CIA Speech. Really. He bragged that he got a standing ovation, too, and it appeared that people were just standing in the room. Let this sink in for a bit – this is twice now, in just a few days, that he has brought cheerleaders to pump his ego. That’s sick.

In six hours, the end begins. Barack Obama transfers power to a demented, unqualified, racist, criminal, sexual assaulting, probable traitor and undoubtedly loose cannon who is a danger to humanity, and whose party is determined to reverse all of the progress he has made. And, by all credible indications, the unqualified man is a fascist, helped into power by Putin.

My life and my country will never be the same. That isn’t hyperbole. Even if something wonderful should happen in the next few hours, this country still suffers the consequences of the world knowing that one of the two major parties allowed this dangerous man to win their nomination, nearly half of the votes went to him in the general election and, even though Hillary Clinton had close to three million more votes, we allowed an electoral college with about fifty illegally seated electors to vote him in even though the purpose of the electoral college was to protect us from anything like this happening. There is no erasing the humiliation, even if lightning strikes him before noon tomorrow. Surely, the world will never trust us again.

Since it is easy to let small changes escape notice until they have aggregated into huge problems that can’t be easily addressed, I am going to blog the changes I witness or experience as they occur, no matter how insignificant they might seem. I wish I had started on November 9th, because my world changed that day. I am an empath and keenly aware of feelings around me, currently active and lingering. I’ve walked through houses that held the remnants of horrific events that didn’t feel as negative as what I’ve felt in crowded public places since that day. Fortunately, I don’t get out much. I’m sympathizing with the empaths who are dealing with this full time. Since I didn’t start then, I will start today – which, to me, feels like the day my country dies.

I am ashamed of my country for the collective ignorance, bigotry, racism, apathy, and lack of principles that allowed Republicans –the party that cares nothing about most people in this country or world –to take complete control of this country. Unlike most people, I do not think Donald Trump or elected Republicans are the problem. I believe Republican voters are. Without them, Trump would still be a bankrupt joke. Throughout the primary, I thought he was playing a big joke. It seemed obvious that he was trying to lose and this was a publicity stunt. I thought we owed him a huge thank you for pulling back the curtains and exposing every ugly character flaw and blemish in the Republican party. When he was nominated, I expected him to find a reason to quit. Instead he tripled and quadrupled down on the insanity. But nothing he did shook away that Republican voting base – they were uglier and cried out for him to sink lower.

And he did.

Today, I feel no allegiance to this country. I want to leave and would have arranged to already if my kids were ready to go.I’m going back to bed now and hope I sleep through this worst imaginable day.

(Actually less than four hours when I got this posted)

UPDATE:

I didn’t quite sleep through the day. I woke at 11:55, filled with dread and sorrow.

To backtrack and make clear my position going into this election, I was born to a couple of tree-hugging, bleeding-heart liberals sixty-three years ago. My first memories of political discussions in the home are of my parents carefully trying to smooth over the nightmare inducing, bigoted version of the Cuban missile crisis I had swallowed at school. This was extra delicate discussion coming from my father, who also had to explain how he, as one of the most passive people I have known worked as a civil servant for the Naval Ordinance, building missiles that I had seen up close and personal enough to touch. And imagine landing on people. My first memories of knocking on doors with my dad and stuffing envelopes with my mom were around age eleven. `

I have been a huge fan of President Obama since before most people knew his name or anything about him. He captured my attention and optimism in that first DNC convention speech before he ran for U.S. Senate. I was, of course, a huge fan of Bill and Hillary Clinton already. So, when Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were both running for the Democratic nomination in the Presidential race of 2004, I was ecstatic. Whoever won, my heart was already there so throwing my whole self into that campaign would be a pleasure. As I watched President Obama during his time in the White House, my love for him, as a leader but more importantly as a man, grew every day. My admiration and respect for Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, also, first for the job she was doing and then for the strength she showed under personal pressure. What the right and far left fringes of this country did to each of them is inexcusable and unforgivable. The United States of America has done a lot of cringe and sob worthy ugly to the world and this time they decided to do it to two of the greatest of their own.

That fringe has wormed its way deep enough into the fabric of this nation to clearly indicate a sick unraveling. And the world sees, which makes all of us less safe.

I guess I don’t even need to say that I was 100% for Hillary in both the primary and general elections. I, like millions of other US citizens, personally felt the pain of each lie and attack on her. The most devastating of those came from party-crashing Sanders and his clueless cult of easily manipulated spoilers. Will talk more about them later.

On Day One, Trump (who will never get the p word in front of his name from me) signed his name to stripping ACA and ﻿FHA﻿. 40,000 or so middle class citizens might not get mortgages. Countless will not be able to afford healthcare and some will die. (To contrast, President Obama’s first day he signed the Lilly Ledbetter fair pay act.)

Attendance at the Trump inauguration was extremely low. I read that it was 25% of what it was for President Obama. As a result of their negative comments about his inauguration, the Trump administration banned the National Park Service from tweeting. Too fucking bad no one ever thought to ban Trump from his inane raving and insults on Twitter.

Just because, documenting these numbers from the last day under President Obama. Gas $2.09, DOW 19,819, NASDAQ 5560.7, Unemployment 4.7